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FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.COURIERSUN.COM OCTOBER 23, 2014 • THE COURIER SUN 3 Sponsored by Providing comprehensive end-of-life care in the home, nursing home, and in-patient setting throughout the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Nassau County. For referrals or information call 718.472.1999 or visit www.hospiceny.com FRAGRANCE BUYERS LIKE THE SCENT OF QUEENS BY CRISTABELLE TUMOLA ctumola@queenscourier.com @CristabelleT Just a month after its debut, a new scent that pays homage to Queens has become a popular product for a New York City-based fragrance company. But the eau de parfum, Bond No. 9 Queens, is not available at local stores. Selling for $195 for 50 ml., $270 for 100 ml., $110 for body silk and $105 for a candle, the scent can be purchased online, at Bond No. 9 New York’s four Manhattan boutiques, Saks Fifth Avenue locations nationwide and select Nordstrom stores. Its lack of availability in its own borough is not deterring sales, however. Though exact sales figures are not currently available, the company hasn’t been “able to keep it in stock” following its Sept. 18 launch, according to Lisa Rediker, public relations coordinator for Bond No. 9. “It’s been flying off the shelves,” she said. A unisex fragrance, Bond No. 9 Queens is described as wearable by “kings and queens, the edgy, the flamboyant and the buttoned-up.” Its key ingredient is tuberose, an “explosive and succulent” scent, according to its description. To reflect the borough’s diversity, there are also “citrusy” bergamot, “come-hither” blackberry and “haunting” cardamom top notes, tempered by “velvety” champaca and “tea-like” osmanthus, with base notes of sandalwood, musk, amber and benzoin resin. The bottle features the Unisphere, etched in gold leaf, which the company chose because of its status as a Queens and World’s Fair icon. The other side features a “Q” and the whole bottle is a “royal purple.” Bond No. 9 Queens is not the first New York City-centric scent for the company. Started 11 years ago, Bond No. 9 was launched with the idea of honoring the city through its fragrances. It will even use client suggestions for which products to come out with next. Some of the company’s other scents are named for Central Park West, Little Italy, Brooklyn, Hudson Yards and Andy Warhol. New historical research group started in Woodhaven BY SALVATORE LICATA slicata@queenscourier.com @Sal_Licata1 Woodhaven is known for its history, but there was no central repository for the trove of information about it — until now. The Woodhaven History Research Group was recently started by Ed Wendell as part of the Woodhaven Cultural and Historical Society. The new group’s mission is to perform methodical searches of archives of the neighborhood to record names, addresses and any interesting pieces of information it finds about the town into a database, something that Wendell said would connect residents to the history of Woodhaven. “There is all this great history about Woodhaven that many of us don’t even know yet,” he said. “My hope is to build a database that will outline the hyperlocal history of the neighborhood.” Wendell came up with the idea for the research group by chance. He was invited by a local resident to a house where the man’s parents once lived. As they were checking out some of the home’s antiques, Wendell came across a flyer from the early 1900s with a man’s name on it who had a dog training service at the time. When Wendell plugged the name into the computer, he found “an incredible amount of history on the guy.” He then wanted to have a place where he could archive such history, which is how the group began. Wendell found a website that has archived The Lead Observer, Woodhaven’s newspaper, dating back to the early 1900s. He said he would like to split up the members of the group by giving them specific research areas. After the research is completed, Wendell said he hopes that all members of the group will meet up and put together the pieces of history until “the puzzle is filled.” The first meeting will be on Oct. 28 at the Avenue Diner, located at 91-06 Jamaica Ave., at 7 p.m. Wendell encourages all those who are interested in doing some local research and even those who would just like to learn more about Woodhaven to come down. “I want people to be interested in their hyper-local history,” Wendell said. “Once you start searching, you never know what you’re going to find.” THE COURIER/Photo by Salvatore Licata The first house number in Queens shows the history of Woodhaven. Photo courtesy of Bond No. 9 New York A new eau de parfum captures the scent of Queens.


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